Money Talk

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Income and Jobs- An unprecedented 1 in 4 American workers quit jobs in 2021 as people re-evaluated work requirements, personal values, career options, and work-life balance. Between December 11 and 31, I have been tweeting about 21 key financial events that took place during 2021 using the hashtag #21MoneyTrends2021.

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Workers' Compensation

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The State of New Jersey is strictly enforcing laws that mandate a worker's employment status be properly reported and that employers provide adequate workers' compensation insurance coverage. PROTECTING WORKERS “After a hard day of work, everyone deserves to receive their full wages and benefits,” said Attorney General Matthew J.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The court held the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Review was not clearly wrong in finding that an underlying factor in the worker’s death from COVID-19 was his occupational disease. Background David Wells worked for PPG Industries as a pipefitter, welder, and temporary foreman from 1966 to 2001. Workers’ Comp.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 31, 2022

A great deal is changing in the world of Florida workers' compensation disputes. When the OJCC was transferred to the Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) in 2001, there was significant angst about how that marriage might work. In that 2001 Legislative session, language was added to section 440.44

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Florida Workers' Comp

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The anniversary of September 11, 2001 will continue to bring memories for most. As we mark twenty-one years since September 11, 2001, something close to one-third of us don't remember a time when boarding an airplane did not involve a security checkpoint. And we remember September 11, 2001. It was not just knives in carry-ons.

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Florida Workers' Comp

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The 2022-23 Florida OJCC Annual Report is likely the most introspective annual review in the world of workers' compensation adjudication. Florida has indeed witnessed much evolution and progress in the 88 years since workers’ compensation came to Florida. The additions of Sarasota, Port St.

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Employee Benefits

AUGUST 15, 2023

increase from July 2022 and the highest rate since 2001, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Greg Marsh, chief executive officer of Nous.co, added: “Wage increases may bring some short-term relief for workers. Median monthly pay for July 2023 has been estimated at £2,274, a 7.8% It was also a 22.3%

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 3, 2024

The exclusive remedy for the injured worker was under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Coblentz received workers’ compensation benefits from Stanley National, but also filed a negligence lawsuit against Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply Co. LEXIS 190 (Apr. His negligence action was barred. 4, 2013) (quoting Murray v.

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Florida Workers' Comp

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Florida workers' compensation is a statutory process. All of the trial decisions of the Judges of Compensation Claims since 2001 are in a database on the OJCC website. It would likely astound the casual observer to see the volume of instances in which challenges arise in litigation for the sole reason of indolence.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 12, 2024

It is different when a co-worker or chief judge points out a deficiency or problem than when an official body like the JQC does so. But, diligence and timeliness in the Circuit Court arena are more vague and subject to interpretation than in workers' compensation. For some, there is an immediacy that is created by official action.

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Workers' Compensation

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Proper trial preparation is the key to a successful Worker's Compensation claim outcome. Workers’ compensation involves multiple claims and summary adversarial proceedings, but it is best to prepare every claim for trial rather than for settling each case. The facts presented in the trial indicated no deviation from employment.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The court acknowledged that had the alleged injury been witnessed by a representative of the employer, the result might have been different, the court stressed that the former employee had come forward with no evidence that the employer knew of the alleged work-relatedness of the injury or that he would eventually file a workers’ compensation claim.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 18, 2024

We rapidly approach the 78th annual rendition of the Workers Compensation Institute. The Florida Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1995. Beginning in the 1960s, the conference was run by the state Division of Workers’ Compensation. Stevens, 145 Fla. 209, 198 So.

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The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It is axiomatic that in every American jurisdiction, once a workers’ compensation act has become applicable—either through compulsion or election—it affords the exclusive remedy for the injury by the employee or the employee’s dependents against the employer [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 100.01, et seq. ]. 3d 5, 445 N.E.2d

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Florida Workers' Comp

JANUARY 4, 2022

Notably, in the workers' compensation practice, communication among judges regarding such calendar conflicts is commonplace, but less so when the conflict is court-related. In a word, mandatory mediation has been famously beneficial to Florida workers' compensation. The early 1990s were tough in Florida workers' compensation.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 21, 2022

Yeager sought workers’ compensation benefits related to his alleged exposure to COVID-19 at work. In September 2020, a Staff Hearing Officer allowed Yeager the right to benefits under Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Fund, finding that Yeager had “COVID-19 Infection Exposure” while working as a furnace operator for the employer.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The rule will help to ensure that the EPA has the information it needs to track asbestos use and to protect workers and the public from asbestos exposure. Gelman of Wayne, NJ, is the author of NJ Workers’ Compensation Law (Thomson-Reuters) and co-author of the national treatise Modern Workers’ Compensation Law (Thomson-Reuters).

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Florida Workers' Comp

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Workers' compensation as a community is ever-changing. The workers' compensation community had many opportunities to acclimate to Judge Cohen in those sixteen years. So that we are clear, such a tenure by any agency leader in workers' compensation in America is exceptional. The OJCC, workers' compensation, has a rich community.

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The Workcomp Writer

APRIL 24, 2023

Workers’ Compensation is a Compromise The Court concluded by noting that the workers’ compensation scheme was itself a compromise under which either party might receive more or less than what equity alone might call for. 1973) that might have helped [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 104.03[3] Liberty Mut. 3] Digest n.

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Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Though there is some generalized application of the term here, there are specific concerns expressed about Florida workers' compensation. There are those who perceive the Florida Legislature's changes of 2003 as disincentivizing litigation of workers' compensation issues. 7) hourly fees within a specific constraint.

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Workers' Compensation

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This standard would reduce occupational exposure to SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, influenza viruses, and other pathogens that cause major personal and economic damage yearly and impact the workers' compensation system. gelmans.com (10/26/2023), [link] © 2001-2023 Jon L Gelman. Live Updates …. All rights reserved.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 3, 2024

The Florida Bar Workers Comp Section "meet and greets" have been widely attended, and highly praised. You can’t tell it to look at him, he looks the same as he did the day I met him in 2001. He has not aged a bit, and rightfully deserves the title of the "Dick Clark" of Worker’s Compensation. There is genuinness in that.

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Florida Workers' Comp

APRIL 16, 2024

Keep in mind that was 2001, thirty years after the first email was sent. The blasts are sent no more than monthly and are intended to steer the community to important happenings or challenges in workers' compensation. How will you confront your El Guapo? The Three Amigos (Orion 1986). We were amused, enthused, and at times abused.

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Workers' Compensation

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While workers’ compensation benefits may have been a primary recovery for damages, historically, they are insufficient to compensate victims. Workers’ compensation is a statutory remedy based on capped awards calculated on the wages in effect at the time of the exposure.

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Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 27, 2022

The seventh lawsuit filed today centers on a blueberry farm and blueberry processing operation in Hammonton that employs migrant farm workers who live on site. 1997-2001), and Hans Family Cleaners, Inc. 2001-2011). Named defendants in the case include dry cleaning businesses Elmwood Cleaners, Inc.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 4, 2022

The norm in workers' compensation educational settings seems to be 50-60 minute lectures on this or that. Judge Beck has a great breadth and depth of knowledge about workers' compensation. The roundtable topics are always representative of what is hot and happening in workers' compensation across the nation.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

MARCH 4, 2022

Based on data from (1) Kaiser Family Foundation Annual Employer Benefits Survey 2001 – 2021 & (2) US Inflation Calculator – [link]. The average deductible for a PPO increased from around $201 in 2001 to nearly $1,700 in 2021. For the past 20 years (likely longer), premiums have been increasing. This is not news to anyone.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Earlier this year, the department announced that t he labor force participation rate of disabled workers rose to 23.1 The 501(c)3 non-profit organization states its dedication to reducing unemployment rates among individuals with disabilities by connecting them to employers who are looking to increase the diversity among their workers.

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 4, 2022

Waiting for timely payment of a workers’ compensation award can sometimes be a frustrating experience for an injured worker. The penalties assessed for the delay in paying a workers’ compensation award were an issue of first impression reviewed by the NJ Appellate Division. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board , 959 P.2d

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Business Management Daily

JUNE 26, 2020

office workers: 28% anticipate taking fewer days off in the summer months compared to last year, because of COVID-19; 16% are taking more time off. office workers: 28% anticipate taking fewer days off in the summer months compared to last year, because of COVID-19; 16% are taking more time off. This year: crickets.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 20, 2023

While business law has been my forte, I have enjoyed forays into workers' compensation, evidence, constitutional law, legal writing, and beyond. You see, workers' compensation and other issues have been addressed by elected representatives. As I have noted, workers' compensation is a statutory system.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 20, 2023

While business law has been my forte, I have enjoyed forays into workers' compensation, evidence, constitutional law, legal writing, and beyond. You see, workers' compensation and other issues have been addressed by elected representatives. As I have noted, workers' compensation is a statutory system.

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Workers' Compensation

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In 2001 there was an anthrax scare. Gelman of Wayne, NJ, is the author of NJ Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thomson-Reuters) and co-author of the national treatise Modern Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thomson-Reuters). It was designed to create a national priority for health security and protect the public from infection.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In 2001 there was an anthrax scare. US Supreme Court Asked to Review PREP Act Immunity , Workers' Compensation Blog, Sept. US Supreme Court Asked to Review PREP Act Immunity , Workers' Compensation Blog, Sept. It was designed to create a national priority for health security and protect the public at large from infection.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 30, 2023

There are many who watch for workers' compensation each session. There are many touched by this law, but relatively few can take the time to make workers' compensation their priority unless a systemic change is in discussion. The 2023 session will not join the annals of Florida workers' compensation history.

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Attorney Charlie Hall

DECEMBER 31, 2021

It provides vital safety net for American workers. Studies have revealed that a 20-year-old worker has a 1-in-4 chance of becoming disabled before reaching full retirement age. It administers Social Security benefits and has a budget of over a trillion dollars. The Social Security Administration employs more than 60,000 individuals.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JUNE 27, 2022

And, the opinion will perhaps have some Floridians remembering the ancient history of our own workers' compensation litigation. Essentially, in this case, Toler filed for workers' compensation benefits and litigation ensued. 1st DCA 2001). Note that in Kentucky the first level of review is by an administrative Board.

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